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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I agree that the loyalty tests are psychotic, and I know how much harder it can be to manage family life if you're reporting to an office. But I really feel like, in this awful moment, when we're begging for our livelihoods and future financial security,  not to mention hoping the bottom doesn't drop off of our property value and our city/region, wasting tears and publicity on RTO is not the point. Losing professions and financial health need to be the focus. We will all be glad to have offices to go to at all in a few months. [/quote]

I completely agree. There is a lot of negativity in this thread about RTO and criticism of the union for supposedly caving on the issue. But the reality is that RTO is being mandated across nearly every federal agency (except the Fed, according to another poster). Why do we think our agency should be any different?  If the most important priority for someone is having the flexibility to work remotely, then they may need to seek employment that allows for that. And before anyone argues that this isn’t about individual preference but rather about the CBA and negotiations—let’s be real. All CBAs across government originally allowed for telework and remote work flexibility, and those provisions have been systematically removed.  Attorneys in other agencies are returning to the office, even though they could do the same work from home. Complaining about it seems tone-deaf, given that RTO is the new norm. Whether this takes us back to 2019, 2010, or even 1997 standards is irrelevant—the fact is that every agency is facing this mandate and responding in a way that aims to balance an agency's standing with the administration. As legal professionals, our role is to assess risk and provide informed decision-making guidance. In the grand scheme of things, this shift presents a low-risk adjustment, given the circumstances. We need to recognize that, rather than focusing on what was lost.[/quote]

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